Combined scrubber and mop.



No. 758,803. PATENTED MAY 3, 1904.

J. A. ZERBB.

COMBINED SORUBBER AND MOP.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented May 3, 1904.

JOHN A. ZERBE, OF LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED SCRUBBER AND IVIOP- SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 758,803, dated. May 3, 1904.

Application filed May 4:, 1903. Serial No. 155,630. [No model.)

To (IIZZ whom it may eon/027%.-

Be it known thatl, JOHN A. ZERBE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lebanon, in the county of Lebanon and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful 1mprovements in a Combined Scrubberand Mop; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention is an improved convertible implement adapted for use eitheras a brushholder or mop-holder; and it consists in the construction andcombination of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved convertible implement, showing the same adapted for use as ascrubbing-brush holder. Fig. 52 is a transverse sectional view of thesame. Fig. 3 is a sectional View of the same adapted for use as amopholder.

1n the embodiment of my invention I provide a jaw-frame 1, which isrectangular in form, is made preferably of a single piece of metal, andcomprises the parallel side bars 2, the head-bar 3, and the lower orcross bar 1. At the center of the head-bar 3 is a socket for thereception and retention of one end of a pole or handle a of suitablelength. The said socket is provided in one side with an opening, throughwhich a screw is inserted, which engages the socketed end of the pole orhandle and secures the latter in the socket, as will be understood.

A rod 7 connects the side bars 2 near the head-bar 3 and forms the pivotfor a jawframe 8. The said jaw-frame is bent from a single piece of wireof a suitable length and thickness, is substantially in the form of theletter U and comprises the side arms 9and the connecting-bar 10, thesaid side arms being at right angles to the said connecting-bar. In thehandles, between the said side arms and the connecting-bar, are circulareyes 11,which are formed by spirally bending the wire, and at the upperends of the said side arms are similarly formed bearing eyes 12, throughwhich the rod 7 extends, and hence the said jaw-frame 8 is pivotallyconnected to the frame I 1, so that its lower side or outer side, as thecase may be, may move toward and from the similar side of the outerframe 1. jaw-frame 8 is adapted to fold into said frame 1. On the rod 7are coiled springs 13, the ends of which are respectively engaged withnotches 14: in the head-bar 3 of the jaw-frame 1 and with the side arms9 of the jaw-frame 8, the function of the said springs being to normallyclose the said jaw-frame 8 in and against the said jaw-frame 1. To theeyes 11 of the jaw-frame 8 are attached the ends of a bail 15, which ismade of a single piece of wire and is formed at its center with an eye16, to which a cord may be attached, as will presently appear.

A plate 17 is secured on the outer side of the bar 1 of frame 1, and oneedge thereof projects inwardly and upwardly therefrom, as at 18. A red19 connects the side arms 2 of the frame 1 together and is disposed at aslight distance from and within the inner side of the bar 1. The saidside arms 2 are provided at a suitable distance from the bar 1 withopenings 20.

\Vhen my improved implement is to be used as a scrul bing-brush holder,as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the scrubbing-brush is provided on its backwith transversely-disposed keepers 21, which are strips of metal ofsuitable length and breadth secured on the back of the brush by means ofscrews 22 or other suitable devices and each having one end curvedupwardly, as at 23, and having its opposite end somewhat tapered andprojecting outwardly from one side of the brush-head, as at 24. Theupturned ends 23 of the said keepers are inserted between the bar 4 ofthe frame 1 and the rod 19. Said keepers bear against the ends of theplate 1'7, and the outwardlyprojecting ends 24; of the said keepers areengaged by the eyes 11 of the jaw-frame 8, the bar 10 of the saidjaw-frame bearing against one side of the head of the scrubbing-brush,as shown, and hence the latter is firmly secured to the holder.

1V hen the brush has been removed from the holder, the latter may beused as a mopholder, as shown in Fig. 3, the mop being placed betweenthe frames 1 and 8 and clamped The said between them by the action ofthe springs on the said frame 8 and against the upturned edge 18 of theplate 17 as will be understood.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a clamping jaw frame having means on one side forthe attachment of a handle thereto, and a plate on its outer side havingan inwardly and upwardly extending edge, a spring-pressedpivotallymounted clamping-jaw frame in the first-mentioned jaw frame,having openings 11 and adapted to close toward the first-mentionedframe, an implement having transversely-disposed keepers 21 to engagethe outer side of the first-menti0ned frame, the ends of the said plate,and the openings 11 of the other frame, substantially as described.

2. An implement-holder of the class described, comprising a rectangularouter frame having means on one side thereof for the attachment of ahandle thereto, a cross-bar proximate to but spaced from its outer side,and a plate on its outer side having an inwardly and upwardly extendingedge, and a spring-pressed jaw-frame, pivotally connected to and of suchsize and shape as to adapt it to close within the first-mentioned frameand against the cross-bar thereof, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOHN A. ZERBE. Witnesses:

JAMES E. ZERBE, CHARLES G. BENTZ.

